Friday 27 January 2023

London Bus Tender Awards: New Electric Buses For Routes 157, 228 & 363

Here’s the first new London Bus Tender Awards for the year 2023, with more routes converting to zero-emission electric buses.

LBSL intends to enter into new contracts for the following routes with the operators listed below:

Route Current operator New operator PVR Vehicles
157 Arriva London London General 17 New electric double deck
228 London United Metroline 7 New electric single deck
363 London Central Abellio London 13 Mix of new electric and existing double deck*
436/N136 London Central London Central 13 Existing hybrid double deck

* 7 electric + 8 hybrid (TVR 15).

New electric vehicles may enter service after the contract start date, dependent on infrastructure and/ or vehicle delivery timescales.

All of the hybrid vehicles detailed above will meet Euro VI emissions standards.

The start and end dates for the above contracts are detailed in the following table:

Route Start date End date
157 2nd December 2023 29th November 2030
228 20th January 2024 17th January 2031
363 11th November 2023 8th November 2030
436/N136 18th November 2023 15th November 2030

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